• Leaked RIAA Report: SOPA/PIPA “Ineffective Tool” Against Music Piracy
  Contrary to the endless lobbying and subsequent defending of the now-dead SOPA and PIPA frameworks, a leaked report shows that earlier this year the RIAA’s Deputy General Counsel admitted that the legislation was “not likely to have been effective tool” for dealing with music piracy. All efforts are now being put behind the “six strikes” plan – but could disconnections for repeat infringers still be on the agenda?

  Source: Leaked RIAA Report: SOPA/PIPA “Ineffective Tool” Against Music Piracy

• Demonoid Faces Prolonged Downtime After DDoS Attack
  A severe DDoS attack has brought down one of the most famous BitTorrent trackers. Demonoid has been inaccessible to its millions of users for more than a day and is expected to remain offline for quite some time. The tech admin of the troubled BitTorrent tracker told TorrentFreak that the issues at hand are not easy to fix, and suggests that aside from the DDoS there might have been an attack from another angle.

  Source: Demonoid Faces Prolonged Downtime After DDoS Attack

• RIAA: Online Music Piracy Pales In Comparison to Offline Swapping
  A leaked presentation from the RIAA shows that online file-sharing isn’t the biggest source of illegal music acquisition in the U.S. The confidential data reveals that 65% of all music files are “unpaid” but the vast majority of these are obtained through offline swapping. The report further shows that cyberlockers such as Megaupload are only a marginal source of pirated music.

  Source: RIAA: Online Music Piracy Pales In Comparison to Offline Swapping

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